Fly me to the moon...

Fly me too the moon...

Tonight I made my first ever moving card!  I searched for what I thought I was looking for as far as a tutorial went, but went completely blank on what the technique I had in mind was called, so I went with the same technique for making a spinner card that I had seen a while back.

This card is for my nieces new baby boy Tyson who was born this week and I though these digi's from Inktegrity where just perfect.

Materials Used; Inktegrity digi's, Copic Ciao markers, Sakura Glaze pens, SU Riding Hood Red cardstock, American Crafts DP, buttons and ribbon from my stash pile, two Aussie 5c coins for the spinner.

This card is entered in the following challenges;

Meljens Designs challenge #16; A Long or Tall card

Bee Crafty challenge #33; 3D (add a dimension)

Stamp Something; Something Digital

C.R.A.F.T challenge #59; Babies and Children
Pollycraft Monday Challenge #52; Bold and Bright

Fin-Tastical!

My Little Merman

This is my MerMan Ian digi stamp from TGF, isn't he just adorable in his little aquarium.

I used this weeks FFF sketch challenge for his inspiration. The little dome he is under is recycled from packaging that some of my buttons came in, I knew it would come in handy one day!

This card is entered in the following challenges:

Stamptacular Sunday; Challenge #66 Aperture Creations
Splendid Stamping; FFF Round Peg Square Hole
Club Anya; Saturday Sketch Challenge #26
Tiddly Inks; Challenge #12 Summer Fun with Water, Sand and Toys
Tickled Pink; Challenge#3 Sketch Challenge
Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge; Water
Cute Card Thursday; Challenge #120 School's Out For Summer!

Materials Used; TGF digi stamp, TiddlyInks Free Digi, Copic Ciao, SU Only Orange, Kraft and Certainly Celery card stock, DP from My Memories, SU So Saffron ribbon, SU crystal brad, Jute twine, recycled packaging, button and other brads from my stash pile.

I Scream....

...you scream, we all scream for ICE CREAM!!

This by far the most fun I have had making a card and it marks so many firsts for me! First bookmark, first matching set and first Party Time Tuesdays challenge.

This card was inspired my the Party Time Tuesdays Challenge #6; Outside in, create a birthday card and decorate the inside too! but it is also entered in
Crazy 4 Challenges C4CC4; Use 2 or more ribbons
Meljens Designs Challenge #15; Circles Galore (hundreds if you count the embossed bubbles)
Craftalicious Challenge #3; Cute
Pile it On Challenge #26; My Favorite Things
The last Dietrich Dare challenge
C.R.A.F.T Challenge #58; Cake and Ice-Cream
Fairy Fun Fridays; Anything Goes
Wee Memories Challenge #13; Free For All

I had printed out two of my new double scoop ice-cream digi from MelJens Designs and was having so much fun that I coloured in both, I was half-way through putting the card together when I decided to make the matching bookmark.

I am extremely happy with the way this card has turned out and very chuffed with myself too!

Materials Used; Stamp from Meljens Designs, Sentiments from SU, Copic Ciao; E57, E47, R00, Y21, Y06, RV02, RV06 and RV13, SU Card stock Very Vanilla, Close to Cocoa, Pretty in Pink, DP from doodlebug design, SU embossing powder, glitter, buttons and ribbons from my stash pile.

Forget Princess

Once upon a time....

Once upon a time there lived a young girl named Jade and as much as her mother tried Jade refused to dress in her prettiest gowns to attend the Princes ball because Jade dreamed of being a vampire instead!

What can I say, I'm not a Princess kinda gal!

This card was inspired by this weeks Monday Mania challenge at Club Anya to celebrate Berenice's birthday.

The challenge: to create a card with a sparkly princess party theme in honor of her birthday.

So here is Jade in her sparkly crown and her favorite threads, ready to meet her PRINCE...

...her Prince of Darkness that is!

Materials Used: Jade stamp from TGF, Copic Ciao markers, SU Basic Black, Basic Grey and Melon Mambo card stock, DP from Adorn Its' Princess Collection, Cuttlebug Script embossing folder, chipboard crown, Tattered Angels Pink Taffy Glimmer Mist, Sakura embossing pens, Kaisercraft rhinestones.

Twi Hard

A Full Moon

I am a huge Twi fan, but have not yet been able to see Eclipse on the big screen due to my son being unwell. To compensate for this I have been re-reading my book instead and this is how the inspiration for this card came about.

As soon as I saw the sketch at Club Anya I thought of the full-moon which of course led straight to werewolves then vampires then Eclipse! The sketch is for the first Saturday Sketch challenge for the month of July so a prize it up for grabs! This card has also been entered on the Anya Ink challenge blog; Challenge #4 Create A Scene and Anyone for Anya; Anything Goes.

Materials Used; Twilight digis from TGF, SU Basic Grey, Basic Black and Real Red card stocks, DP from Basic Grey, Copic Ciao markers, glitter pens, Cuttlebug Script embossing folder, ribbon, brad, chain,heart, werewolf charm and rhinestone all from the stash pile.

Red, White and Blue

Red, White and Blue

Challenge # 11 at Tiddly Inks must use the colours red, white and blue. I chose to use my newest freebie from Tiddly Inks ( thanks so much ) for this challenge and incorporated the colours into her kimono and then used paper and embellies to match.

I have also entered this card in two other patriotic challenges at Meljens Designs and also Pixie Dust Studios.

Materials Used; Tiddly Inks Digi, Copic Ciao markers, SU Real Red and Basic Black card stock, other DP, Kaiser paper flowers, brad and ribbon from the stash pile.

I tried the shiny black hair technique after watching Lysa's awesome tutorial on the Tiddly Inks blog, but I definitely need some more practice with this as I just seemed to end up with stripey hair!

A Summer in Stitches

A Summer Challenge in Stitches

This is my entry for the latest CCEE Stampers Challenge; It's Summer Time (CCEE1025) and FFF at Splendid Stamping; Sew Random

It is currently winter here in sunny Australia, and we are having record lows here in Perth where we are waking up to frost in the mornings, we are definitely not used to it being this cold at all. The kids are having a ball though and are very excited to see white grass and ice on the car windows.

It was great to make a summery card to warm up the hands.

Materials Used; Nahla from TGF, SU sentiment stamp, SU Riding Hood Red and card stock, DP from SU, Hey Foxy by imaginisce and from the Hey Birdie range by Kaiser Craft, SU sentiment stamp, Sakura Glaze pens, SU Flower Brad, SU Ribbon, Kaiser Stitching Rub Ons, button and paper flowers from the stash pile.